Professor David Beech
MRC bodies you are a member of:
- Population and Systems Medicine Board
Main form of employment:
- Professor and Director of the Multidisciplinary Cardiovascular Research Centre
- Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, England, U.K.
Research group/department web page/s:
Personal remuneration:
- Salary through employment as Professor and Director of the Multidisciplinary Cardiovascular Research Centre at the University of Leeds (remuneration >£5k per annum).
- Member of the Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance Fellowship Selection Committee (remuneration <£5k per annum).
- Review Panel Member for the Swiss National Science Foundation National Centre of Excellence “NCCR TransCure – From transport physiology to identification of therapeutic targets” (2011-2015 in the first instance) (remuneration <£5k per annum).
Shareholdings and financial interests in companies
- None
Research income during current session [over £50k per grant]
- Wellcome Trust Programme Grant, £1111396, 2008-2013, Ref 083857. Integrated functions of TRPC channels in vascular smooth muscle cells. Awarded to *DJ Beech, A Sivaprasadarao, I Wood, J Ainscough, KE Porter & MT Kearney.
- Medical Research Council Industrial Collaboration Award (MICA) Grant, £723462, 2011–2014, Ref G1002076. Functions and therapeutic potential of vascular Orai/CRAC channels. Awarded to *DJ Beech, KE Porter, MT Kearney, J Ainscough, I Wood, D Jayne, M Main.
- Medical Research Council Project Grant, £576000, 2010-2013, Ref G0901761. Oxidized phospholipid ionic transduction mechanism of human vascular cells. Awarded to *DJ Beech, A Sivaprasadarao, KE Porter, MT Kearney, M Stacey.
- British Heart Foundation PhD Studentship, £107600, 2011-2014, FS/11/33/28831. TRPC channel surface stability and cholesterol-dependent retraction. Awarded to *DJ Beech, A Sivaprasadarao.
- British Heart Foundation Project Grant, £231110, 2011-2014, PG/11/89/29085. The insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor: a novel therapeutic target to reverse insulin resistance related endothelial dysfunction. Awarded to *MT Kearney, DJ Beech, KM Channon, SB Wheatcroft. British Heart Foundation Programme Grant, £830856, 2010-2016, RG/09/010/2807. Endothelial cell insulin sensitivity, nitric oxide bioavailability and atherosclerosis. Awarded to *MT Kearney, DJ Beech, SB Wheatcroft, PJ Grant, A Sivaprasadarao.
- British Heart Foundation Project Grant, £208209, 2009-2012, PG/09/042/27518. The insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor, insulin sensitivity and nitric oxide bioavailability. Awarded to *MT Kearney, DJ Beech, KM Channon, SB Wheatcroft.
- I have applied for a Wellcome Trust Investigator Award. If awarded, it would start towards the end of 2012 and have a value up to £3000000.
Major academic collaborators [national and international]
- School of Pharmacy, Aichi-Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan
Un-remunerated involvement with and membership of medical, bio-medical, pharmaceutical, healthcare provision or science or health policy/communication and similar activities/organisations
- Editorial Board of Pflügers Archiv European Journal of Physiology (2010-)
Political/pressure group associations:
- None
Family:
- None
